Today's tutorial is provided by Julie at handmadebyjulie.com. Be sure and visit her blog to see her beautiful cards.

You don't have to have a sewing machine or know how to sew to stitch on a card. I kept seeing cute cards with stitching on them and finally decided to try doing it by hand. It was easier than I thought!

Items needed:

cardstock

patterned paper

adhesive

pencil

paper piercer

embroidery needle

embroidery thread

ruler or piercing template

ink & stamps

Step 1 - Glue down any patterned paper that you will be stitching onto a precut piece of cardstock - this will become your card front.

Step 2 - With a pencil and ruler, lightly mark the paper every 1/8th of an inch. You could also use a paper piercing template for this step.

Step 4 - Thread your needle and start stitching, making sure to hide your loose end of thread on the back of your cardstock piece. (In the photo, the bottom piece of patterned paper is folded around to the back of the card.)

Step 5 - Simply weave your thread in and out for a dashed line effect.

Step 6 - Add some embellishments, stamped sentiment, and mat then mount to a cardbase to complete your card.

Here's another card where I used a punched flower and "free handed" some lightly penciled dots to outline the stem and leaves.

Add a button and sentiment, plus the stitching and here's a card sure to make someone smile.

Thanks again to Julie for today's tutorial! Be sure and visit her blog or leave a comment to let her know what you think. Also, if YOU would like to submit a Tuesday Tutorial, please leave a comment or write me at kate@operationwritehome.org. Thanks!

I can't wait to try some stitching and put all that embroidery floss I collected from the eighties to some good use. I have a sewing machine but too cumbersome to pull out for cardmaking so ill have to try this handstitching!! Thanks!!